As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.

Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world.

Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.

You don't fight cancer with grants, or heart disease with grants.

If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.

No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.

The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public.